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1. Dana Carvey -- Characters
   In addition to these characters, Dana Carvey has received widespread praise for his uncanny and exaggerated comedic impersonations of such political figures as Ex-President George Bush, H. Ross Perot, Jerry Brown, David Duke and Bob Dole. He ... does impersonations of George Burns, Johnny Carson, Jimmy Stewart, John McLaughlin, Mickey Rooney, Casey Casem and Regis Philbin .
2. 1976 -- President Ford
   JIM LEHRER: On October 15, 1976, at the Alley Theater in Houston, Texas, Walter Mondale and Bob Dole met in the first debate ever between vice presidential candidates. Dole, known for his quick wit, demonstrated it right from the start of the debate.
3. Mark Russell -- Audiences
   With his trademark piano in tow, Mark Russell skewers official pomposity and spotlights the utterly outrageous, wielding his wit as deftly as a surgeon wields a scalpel. In presentations freshly crafted for each event and reflective of what literally made the headlines that day, he turns the Washington, DC scene into a musical comedy tour-de-force that leaves audiences rolling in the aisles
4. George H. W. Bush -- U.S
   In 1988, after nearly eight years as Vice President, Bush again ran for President. His challengers for the Republican presidential nomination included U.S. Senator Bob Dole and Conservative Christian televangelist Pat Robertson.
5. Discount Drug
   At the first Discount Drug store, customers could have prescriptions filled, purchase toiletries, and find grocery and gift items. In fact, the first store even carried durable good items such as lawn mowers and vacuum cleaners. Soon... Boodjeh found that customers would return these items when they needed repair, burdening his fledgling store with a service he was not interested in providing. So he opted to add to his store's shelves the hardware and parts needed to fix such items and found that this enhanced his recipe for success. Boodjeh's concept of one-stop shopping was well received, paving the way for three additional stores by 1973.
6. 1996 -- President Clinton
   The Election of 1996 marked the first time since Franklin Roosevelt that a democrat was elected for a second full term in office. Despite lingering doubts about his ethics and character Americans voting in favor of President Clinton as the lesser of two evils. He skillfully reclaimed the center of political discourse, and successfully labeled the Republicans as the party of extremists. Clinton was aided by the fact that his opponent, Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, never seemed to connect with the voter. If elected he would have been the oldest of any to assume the Presidency, and that was deemed by many as too old.
7. Washington Redskins -- Clinton Portis
   On 30 October 2000 the Washington Redskins lost a Monday night game at home to the Tennessee Titans, 27-21, presaging a loss for the incumbent Democratic party. Since President Bill Clinton had already been elected to the constitutionally-mandated maximum of two terms in office, the 7 November 2000 presidential election pitted Democratic Vice-President Al Gore against Republican Governor George W. Bush of Texas. In the closest (and most controversial) presidential election since 1876, Governor Bush gained the White House by the slim margin of five electoral votes, thereby fulfilling the Redskin prophecy.
8. George Bush -- Acting President
   In 1988, after nearly eight years as Vice President, Bush again ran for President. His challengers for the Republican presidential nomination included U.S. Senator Bob Dole and Conservative Christian televangelist Pat Robertson.
9. Newt Gingrich -- House Gop
   Gingrich's battle against Jim Wright began in 1987; a one-man crusade which few in Washington took seriously. Before Gingrich was through... more than 70 House Republicans signed his letter asking the House's ethics committee to investigate Wright. The accusations were related to Wright's links to a Texas developer, to his favors to savings and loan operators, and the way in which he published and sold a book of his speeches and writings Reflections of a Public Man. Wright received unusually large royalties and sold the book to political contributors - an arrangement seemingly designed to circumvent ceilings on donations.
10. Watergate Scandal -- Washington Post
    Watergate has entered the political lexicon as a term synonymous with corruption and scandal, yet the Watergate Hotel is one of Washington's plushest hotels. Even today, it is home to former Senator Bob Dole and was once the place where Monica Lewinsky laid low. It was here that the Watergate Burglars broke into the Democratic Party's National Committee offices on June 17, 1972. If it had not been for the alert actions of Frank Wills, a security guard, the scandal may never have erupted. MORE

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